Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2010, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: History of Manistee, Mason and Oceana counties, Michigan with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers Published by H. R. Page & Co., Chicago, IL, 1882 Transcribed by Linda Talbott ========================================================================== Page 130 GREINER, Nicholas ========================================================================== Nicholas Greiner was born in the Province of Lorraine, France, April 14, 1824. In connection with his father's family, he came to Wayne County, Mich., near Detroit, in 1832, where he resided, carrying on farming, till 1878, when he made Weare, Oceana County, his home, where he settled on Section 27, and is the owner of 160 acres of first-class land, and keeps a variety of stock, etc. Married, October 16, 1849, Elizabeth Diegel, who was born in Germany, October 7, 1831, and settled in Wayne County, Mich., in 1832. Seven children, Catherine (Le Fevre), Sebastian, John, Peter, Vincent, Agnes and Paulina. ==========================================================================